Barbara Boxer

The latest in a hearing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is conducting on the agreement the United States and five other world powers struck this month with Iran to rein in its nuclear weapons program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions (asterisk)(all times local): 1:43 The White House says lawmakers who want to know about agreements between Iran and international nuclear inspectors will get a chance to learn about them in classified briefings. Press secretary Josh Earnest rejects characterizations of the agreements between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency as "some sort of side deal." Earnest says they are all a critical part of the agreement with...

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